Acting
Warren Oates
EN, IT cinema · 60 credits
Born
5 July 1928
Died
3 April 1982 (aged 53)
Birthplace
Depoy, Kentucky, USA
Also known as Warren M. Oates · Warren Oats · Warren Mercer Oates
Warren Mercer Oates (July 5, 1928 – April 3, 1982) was an American actor best known for his performances in several films directed by Sam Peckinpah including The Wild Bunch (1969) and Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974). He starred in numerous films during the early 1970s which have since achieved cult status including The Hired Hand (1971), Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) and Race with the Devil (1975). Oates also portrayed Sergeant Hulka in the box office hit Stripes (1981).
Known for
Filmography
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
2006
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
as Self (archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
Warren Oates: Across the Border
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Blue Thunder
as Braddock
Tough Enough
as James Neese
The Border
as Red
Stripes
as Sgt. Hulka
Baby Comes Home
as Michael Kramer
1941
as Col. 'Madman' Maddox
My Old Man
as Frank Butler
And Baby Makes Six
as Michael Kramer
China 9, Liberty 37
as Matthew Sebanek
The Brink's Job
as Specs O'Keefe
Sleeping Dogs
as Col. Willoughby
True Grit: A Further Adventure
as Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn
American Raspberry
as Celebrity Sportsman
The African Queen
as Capt. Charlie Allnut
Dixie Dynamite
as Mack
Drum
as Hammond Maxwell
Race with the Devil
as Frank
92 in the Shade
as Nichol Dance
Rancho Deluxe
as Harmonica Player (uncredited)
The White Dawn
as Billy
Cockfighter
as Frank Mansfield
Badlands
as Holly's Father
Dillinger
as John Dillinger
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
as Dave Reilly
Kid Blue
as Reese Ford
Tom Sawyer
as Muff Potter
Two-Lane Blacktop
as G.T.O.
The Hired Hand
as Arch Harris
Chandler
as Chandler
The Reluctant Heroes
as Cpl. Leroy Sprague
Barquero
as Jake Remy
There Was a Crooked Man...
as Floyd Moon
The Movie Murderer
as Alfred Fisher
The Wild Bunch
as Lyle Gorch
Smith!
as Walter Charlie
Crooks and Coronets
as Marty Miller
Lanton Mills
as Gunman
The Split
as Marty Gough
Something for a Lonely Man
as Angus Duren
Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims
as John Blythe
In the Heat of the Night
as Deputy Sam Wood
Welcome to Hard Times
as Leo Jenks
Return of the Seven
as Colbee
The Shooting
as Willett Gashade
Shenandoah
as Billy Packer
Major Dundee
as O.W. Hadley
The Rounders
as Harley Williams (uncredited)
Mail Order Bride
as Jace
Ride the High Country
as Henry Hammond
Hero's Island
as Wayte Giddens
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
as Eddie Diamond
Private Property
as Boots
Yellowstone Kelly
as Corporal
Up Periscope
as Seaman Kovacs
The Night America Trembled
as 2nd Card Player